Individual Details
Joseph NOLAN (caution: relationship to brother Daniel not verified)
(Abt 1821 - 3 Jun 1896)
Joseph was a farmer and lived in Lenamore (also spelled Leanamore), Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. While Griffith's Valuation (1848 to 1864) has no Nolans listed as occupying land in Lenamore, indicating that Joseph may have been born elsewhere, a Mary Nolan of Lenamore married a Thomas Shanahan in Ballylongford in 1836. Could Mary have been a sister of Joseph's?
By the time of the birth of his daughter Elizabeth (January 1862), Joseph was living in Lenamore.
The only Nolans listed in Griffith's Valuation for Aghavallan (equivalent to today's parish of Ballylongford) were the following:
Cornelius (Aghanagran Lower)
Patrick (Ballymacasy)
Timothy (Killelton)
Perhaps one of the above was Joseph's father.
Both Joseph and his wife, Kitty, had died by the time of the 1901 census and no Nolan households in Lenamore were found in eiher the 1901 or 1911 census suggesting that Joseph and Kitty had no surviving sons. There was only one Nolan household in the entire parish of Ballylongford listed in the 1901 census (none in the 1911 census), that of Tom Nolan in the townland of Tullahennell. Could Tom have been related to Joseph? The informant on Joseph's death record was his son-in-law Nicholas Madden of Lenamore so it is possible that Nicholas and his wife, Sarah, were left the Nolan family farm.
Joseph died of "paralysis" from which he had been suffering for nine months, according to his death record.
It appears Joseph was a close relative of Daniel Nolan of Carrueragh, Moyvane, Co. Kerry as I have had my DNA matched by Ancestry with descendants of Daniel's, the type of match indicating that they were brothers or first cousins (assuming the connection is through the Nolans, which seems to be the case as that is the only surname common to my family tree and those of my matches). However, Joseph appears to have come from Ballylongford, whereas Daniel was from Carrueragh. For now I am positioning Daniel as a brother of Joseph, but with a caution.
The Nolan surname is very common throughout Ireland, especially in the south-east. It is strongly linked to the Carlow area where it is an anglicised form of O Nualláin. The prevalence of the name in Mayo and Galway is explained by the migration of a branch of the Carlow family there in the sixteenth century. There was also a separate Ó hUallacháin family from west Cork, whose name was anglicised as Nolan. Could Joseph have been a descendant of these west Cork Nolans?
By the time of the birth of his daughter Elizabeth (January 1862), Joseph was living in Lenamore.
The only Nolans listed in Griffith's Valuation for Aghavallan (equivalent to today's parish of Ballylongford) were the following:
Cornelius (Aghanagran Lower)
Patrick (Ballymacasy)
Timothy (Killelton)
Perhaps one of the above was Joseph's father.
Both Joseph and his wife, Kitty, had died by the time of the 1901 census and no Nolan households in Lenamore were found in eiher the 1901 or 1911 census suggesting that Joseph and Kitty had no surviving sons. There was only one Nolan household in the entire parish of Ballylongford listed in the 1901 census (none in the 1911 census), that of Tom Nolan in the townland of Tullahennell. Could Tom have been related to Joseph? The informant on Joseph's death record was his son-in-law Nicholas Madden of Lenamore so it is possible that Nicholas and his wife, Sarah, were left the Nolan family farm.
Joseph died of "paralysis" from which he had been suffering for nine months, according to his death record.
It appears Joseph was a close relative of Daniel Nolan of Carrueragh, Moyvane, Co. Kerry as I have had my DNA matched by Ancestry with descendants of Daniel's, the type of match indicating that they were brothers or first cousins (assuming the connection is through the Nolans, which seems to be the case as that is the only surname common to my family tree and those of my matches). However, Joseph appears to have come from Ballylongford, whereas Daniel was from Carrueragh. For now I am positioning Daniel as a brother of Joseph, but with a caution.
The Nolan surname is very common throughout Ireland, especially in the south-east. It is strongly linked to the Carlow area where it is an anglicised form of O Nualláin. The prevalence of the name in Mayo and Galway is explained by the migration of a branch of the Carlow family there in the sixteenth century. There was also a separate Ó hUallacháin family from west Cork, whose name was anglicised as Nolan. Could Joseph have been a descendant of these west Cork Nolans?
Events
| Birth | Abt 1821 | possibly Ballylongford, Co. Kerry | |||
| Marriage | 1 Feb 1860 | Ballylongford, Co. Kerry - Catherine (Kitty) HEALY (caution: relationship to parents and brother Philip not verified) | |||
| Death | 3 Jun 1896 | Lenamore, Ballylongford, Co. Kerry |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine (Kitty) HEALY (caution: relationship to parents and brother Philip not verified) (1829 - 1883) |
| Child | Thomas (Tom) NOLAN (1861 - 1883) |
| Child | Elizabeth NOLAN (1862 - ) |
| Child | Mary NOLAN (1863 - ) |
| Child | Sarah NOLAN (1864 - 1947) |
| Child | Catherine (Katie) NOLAN (1867 - 1904) |
| Father | 'unknown' NOLAN ( - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel NOLAN (caution: relationship to brother Joseph not verified) (1833 - 1900) |